Pediatric Therapy

Parkview physical therapists focus on the strength and proper movement that can help your child successfully complete everyday activities, including:

• Progressing from rolling, to crawling, to walking, with or without assistance.
• Strengthening weak muscles.
• Balance.
• Coordination.
• Stability.

Parkview occupational therapists can help your child improve fine motor skills, including:

• Awareness and interpretation of the body’s five senses.
• Attention and concentration.
• Coordinating eye movement and visual perception.
• Coordinating the use of both hands for activities (cutting, writing, typing).
• Improving self-care skills (feeding, dressing, toileting and hygiene).
• Age-appropriate play and skills needed for school.

Parkview speech therapists can help your child improve communication skills by:

• Promoting proper articulation of sounds and understanding of language.
• Teaching basic sign language.
• Using communication devices.
• Developing an awareness of language.
• Promoting skills for expressing needs and wants.
• Conversation and communication.
• Practicing turn-taking.
• Teaching cause and effect.

Our Parkview audiologist provides hearing evaluations in the following scenarios:

• Infants who do not pass the newborn hearing screen.
• Children who do not pass a screening at school or in their primary care office.
• Children who are at risk for hearing loss.